the 30-month-old kernel hacker

Friend and former colleague Keith Watson tells the sweetest tale:

My daughter (two and a half) comes running into the living room this morning clutching a large book.

Daddy, I want to read this.

“Sure, sweetie. Which book do you have?,” I ask, not noticing what she is carrying.

This,” she replies and shows me “The Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD Operating System“.

I have never been so proud…

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